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Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware, Says Ballmer

Posted by michael on from the passing-the-buck dept.

frdmfghtr writes "ZDNet is running a story where Steve Ballmer tries to pin the blame of software copyright infringement on expensive hardware: 'One way to stem piracy is to offer consumers in emerging countries a low-cost PC, Ballmer said. "There has to be...a $100 computer to go down-market in some of these countries. We have to engineer (PCs) to be lighter and cheaper," he said.' Does he think that cheaper hardware will make copying software harder to do?"

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  1. Actually... by Chrontius · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't the problem expensive software?

  2. Re:This guy doesn't know geeks! by aristotle-dude · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Interesting. Now who is going to buy this stuff if the geeks are replaced by people working in third-world countries for pennies an hour? What will the geeks do for work to put food on the table, let alone being able to afford the luxury or "cheap" hardware and software?

    I guess you utopian GNU people just don't think things through eh?
    Btw. What issues would those be? How to feed your family now that you've advocated yourself out of a job?

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